Vehicle-wheel.



EATENEED MAE. 19, 1907.

J. A. EoMEEoY. VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1906.

W/INESSES:

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JAMES A.l roMERoY, or PALo ALTo, CALIFORNIA.

VEHiCLE-'WHEEE Specification of Letters Patent; -Patented March 19, 1907.

Application iledJnne 7, 1906. Serial No. 320,604.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, JAMES A. PoMnRoY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Palo Alto, in the county of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented new and useful -Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels, of. which the following is a specification.

- My invention relates to vehicle-wheels. lts a chief object is to provide a practical durable substitute for the expensive pneumatic tires on automobiles.

It consists ofthe parts and the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in

' Whichi- Figure 1 is a sectional view through the hub and spoke. Fig. 2 is a side view of same. Fig. 3 is a detail .of a rim-link.

Arepresents a hub oi appropriate construction and provided with an integral annular rear back plate. 2 and a removable front plate 3. A sleeve 4 is adapted to be slipped onto the hub before the front plate is secured in place and is provided with suitable means ior holding the rubber tube 5 in place. As shown, this sleeve has a fixed annular flange 6 on one end and a removable clamping-ring 7 the tire-being of the usual clencher variety and the means for holding the tire in position l being such as is appropriate fortires of this class.

Any suitable means may be provided to lkeep the ring or sleeve 4 from turning on the hub-as, for instance, the fixed lugs 8, which lengage corresponding recesses on the ring 4.

The tube 5 incases the usual inner tube 9, which has a nipple portion 10 extending radially through the ring and passing outward through a suitable opening 11 in the hub to permit the attachment of the usual inilating device. Thel spokes v12, which support the wheel-rim from the hub, arejof special con struction andare adapted each to be seatedl on the inflatedftube. 5 and to be independentl operatable to absorb shock in the de sire manner. Each spoke preferably consists of a metal tube having a suitable concaved foot-piece v13 secured to its inner end and locked in permanent position by a nut 14. The spoke is permitted a'limitedlength- Wise-.sliding movement in a cylinder 15, which y mounted on trunnions 16 in--re-i.

is preferab .Specti've front and back plates 2 3. If desired, these trunnions may-operate in mov- 'able' bushings 17 ,and the surface of the foot- `plates 23.

pieces 13 Where ythey Contact with the rubber casing 5 may be covered with rubber or can-- vas, felt, or other suitable material, as shown vat 18, for the purpose of preventing undue wear on the caslng 5.

The outer edges of thel .plates 2 3-are braced and su pported by an annular bridge-plate 19, which has suitable 1 elongated slots 20 for the spokes to .work through;

- 'If desired, a continuous strip or Hap of rubber or other vsuitable flexible dust-proof material may be placed around the ring 19 and suitably perforated, so that the spokes will have a snug 'sliding fit therein for the purpose of excluding dust from between the In conjunction with this springhub I employ an outer rim or tire of special construction. This tire consists of a series oi' conjoined links, each link of suitable proportions and so connected to the spokes as to permit portions of the tire to give a desired amount on striking an obstacle, and so transmit the shock in the most beneficial manner to the `pneumaticcushion devices contained in thev hub, where the shock is iinally absorbed. As shown, these links have each a tread portion of sufficient width, with each link having a pair of convergent'lyarranged lengthwiseeextending flange 2l on their side toward the hub.

A dovetailed block 22 is adapted to have a Itrunnions l'toaccornmodate the spokes to the'various movements incident to travel."

alongl the roadway.

:Havingthus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.111 a v ehicle-Wheel, a hub having front andrear annular plates, an inflatable tube surrounding the hub and housed between said plates, pivotally-mountcd cylinder portionsl supported by the plates, spokes sliding in the cylinders bearing on said inflatable tube, and a rim with' which said spokes conneet.

front and rear annular plates, an annular in- .flatable tube Vsurrounding the hub and housed between said plates, cylinders, trunnions between the plates, spokes slidable in the cylinders havingl their inner ends bearing on said iniatable tube, and a rim connected with the spokes.

3. In a vehicle-Wheel, a hub provided with front and rear annular plates, 'an annular inflatable tube surrounding the hub and housed between said plates, cylinders, trunnions between the platee, spokes slidahle in the cylinders having theii` innel` ends bearnpr on said inflatable tube, and a rin] connected with the spokes, said rim comprising :i series of conjoined links.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence ol two subscribing witnesses.

Y JAMES A. P(,)MEI{OY.

Vitnesses:

S. ll. Nonnsn, CnAnLns H. HARVEY. 

